Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 826

Chapter 826: Chapter 271: Calamity Reforging, Pandora’s Box!

If he wanted to take away the Extraordinary Mother Source from the containment room right now, it would be much easier than it was for Cheng Wu and Cheng Long back in the day.

“You trust me that much?” Cheng Ye turned his head and asked.

“Indeed, we’ve never seen anyone who could wrestle with the infection source until their vital signs fall to 40%, and still keep a smile on their face.” Shi Xu agreed, “You’ve frightened a lot of our researchers, and now everyone is wondering if you are a lunatic…”

“Do I look like such a perverted person?”

Cheng Ye glanced sideways at a few researchers beside him, and those who caught his gaze immediately plastered sheepish smiles and turned their heads away.

“By the way, when can my intern researcher status be converted?”

“Once a research achievement is accomplished and mass production is realized, you can apply for conversion.” Shi Xu replied.

“And what about the equipment that Director Yu promised earlier?”

“As long as you interrogate Yu Yong for important information and meet the assessment standards left by Director Yu, the equipment will be sent to Dapo Town immediately.”

“Great!”

Cheng Ye was delighted at heart and nodded gently.

Compared to the promotion at the checkpoint, the promotion for researchers is much simpler.

However, the higher you go as a prosecutor, the more power you have, while the opposite is true for researchers.

Even someone like Yu Erlan, a deputy director, has to travel a long distance to the front lines, rushing to the most dangerous areas. In contrast, a prosecutor is a welcomed guest in any Shelter City.

The two of them walked into the Mother Source containment area and went up to the third floor.

Yu Yong was sitting on the sofa watching TV. As if sensing something, he suddenly turned his head.

Seeing Cheng Ye walk in with a face full of excitement, he instinctively shivered and stood up quickly.

Without waiting for Cheng Ye to speak, Yu Yong quickly said, “Cheng Ye, I want to make a deal with you. I can only talk to you personally; no one else can eavesdrop!”

“Oh?” Cheng Ye was taken aback for a moment and turned to look at Shi Xu.

Shi Xu spread his hands: “You’re currently the person in charge of the Yu Yong research project team, and I’m the deputy. You can do whatever you want. This is something Director Yu specifically instructed.”

“Alright, then please bring me the armor; I’ll go have a chat with him.”

Shi Xu nodded and, instead of using his watch to contact other researchers to deliver the equipment, turned and walked straight downstairs, clearly understanding Cheng Ye’s intention to give him and Yu Yong an absolutely private space.

As Shi Xu left, all the monitoring in the containment room simultaneously went into standby mode.

Whether it’s completely disconnected or not is irrelevant; Yu Yong clearly sensed the change around him.

His body quickly pressed against the wall, and the frenzy in his eyes was gone, leaving only urgency and gravity.

And compared to two days ago, Yu Yong’s eyes were astonishingly clear at this moment, as if his humanity had been fully restored.

It seems that during his hospitalization in the past two days, the institute had not spared using Shadow-Canceling Light to purify the Ghost Shadow Spider within him.

At least the fusion level should have dropped below 100% again, making him a Source Binder once more.

“What do you want to talk about?” Cheng Ye took two steps forward, his tone flat.

“A trade!” Yu Yong immediately leaned forward, speaking rapidly, “You help me get out, and I’ll tell you everything I know! Everything I know, I can give it to you!”

Cheng Ye crossed his arms, shook his head calmly, and said, “That’s impossible. Even if the sky falls, you have to stay in this containment room.”

“Don’t be hasty to refuse!” Yu Yong quickly added, “I know far more than you imagine, enough to change your destiny, enough to change the fate of Happiness City!”

“Not interested.”

Cheng Ye still shook his head and secretly opened the panel to glance at the cooperation degree.

To his surprise, the cooperation degree was finally no longer 0%, rising to 1%.

Although it was just a negligible change, it was a milestone breakthrough.

This indicates that as long as the Ghost Shadow Spider is further weakened and Yu Yong’s fusion level lowered, he can restore more of his humanity, and humanity inevitably has weaknesses. By exploiting these weaknesses, the cooperation degree can naturally steadily increase.

Once the cooperation degree meets the target, can Yu Yong still hide the intelligence he wants to know?

“I can reveal a piece of intelligence first, and you judge for yourself if it’s worth talking about!” Yu Yong persisted, gritting his teeth.

Cheng Ye said nothing, just raised his eyes, signaling him to continue.

“The Source Introduction Technology of Firewood was not originally their own research!” Yu Yong lowered his voice, with a hint of horror in his tone, “They dismantled relics from an alien civilization, most likely things left behind by a gigantic object, and reverse-engineered the technology through retracing origins! But this stuff is Pandora’s Box; Firewood only saw the immediate benefits, but didn’t realize that even more terrifying disasters are on the way!”

“Disaster? What do you mean?” Cheng Ye finally showed some interest.

Of course, it’s not about the information itself, but because the cooperation degree on the panel increased from 1% to 3%.

Can chatting really increase the cooperation degree?

This is great! If I can talk it up to 10%, I can save myself the trouble of enduring mental invasion to “torture” for improvement.

Moving forward, I just need to slowly take the time to come over and gather the traits piece by piece every few days.

“Natural disasters! All the natural disasters are a form of transformation!”

Yu Yong’s eyes were fervent, speaking faster, “The gigantic object left not just viruses that destroy humanity but more like a planetary transformation system! This transformation will make the planet beneath our feet increasingly close to a preset template. Do you understand what I mean? It’s like the Extraordinary Era back then… Humans tried to twist this planetary transformation system, which led to the Extraordinary Era, but now… everything is back on track!”

“And once our planet meets the template requirements, an even more terrifying existence will arrive. Do you know what that is? Our planet will become their colony! By then, whether it’s you, me, or anyone else, all humans will die!”

He leaned forward, his voice trembling noticeably:

“Only by escaping, only by gaining greater power, only by becoming part of ‘them,’ we Source Binders might stand a chance to survive!”

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